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XIV KÂNDA, I ADHYÂYA, I BRÂHMANA, 5. 441
FOURTEENTH KÅNDA.
THE PRAVARGYA.
First ADHYAYA. First BRÂHMANA. 1. The gods Agni, Indra, Soma, Makha, Vishnu, and the Visve Devåh, except the two Asvins, performed a sacrificial session ?
2. Their place of divine worship was Kurukshetra. Therefore people say that Kurukshetra is the gods' place of divine worship: hence wherever in Kurukshetra one settles there one thinks, 'This is a place for divine worship;' for it was the gods' place of divine worship.
3. They entered upon the sessions thinking, ‘May we attain excellence! may we become glorious ! may we become eaters of food!' And in like manner do these (men) now enter upon the sacrificial session thinking, 'May we attain excellence! may we become glorious! may we become eaters of food !'
4. They spake, 'Whoever of us, through austerity, fervour, faith, sacrifice, and oblations, shall first compass the end of the sacrifice, he shall be the most excellent of us, and shall then be in common to us all.' 'So be it,' they said.
5. Vishnu first attained it, and he became the
For this legend, see J. Muir, Orig. Sansk. Texts, vol. iv, p. 134. • Litu, they were sitting (for the session): "ås' (like sad') is here used in its technical sense, and not in its ordinary sense 'to sit, to be ' ;- They were [there. They said)' J. M.
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